Charles Ellicott Commentary Judges 20:8

"And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn unto his house." — Judges 20:8 (ASV)

Arose as one man. —The same words are rendered with one consent in 1 Samuel 11:7.

To his tent ... into his house. —Possibly many of the Trans-jordanic Israelites, who were chiefly graziers, were obliged by the necessities of nomadic life to live in tents, not in villages or cities.